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    Paranormal Activity So Scarily Good, Everyone Can See It

    The G.I. Joe Remake You Really Wanted

    Star Trek Boldly Resurrects Franchise

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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/05/09

    In reply to Paranormal Activity So Scarily Good, Everyone Can See It
    My wife and I are going to drive to Columbus to see this if it isn't out in Cinci by the 16th. As she says this may be the only movie that she ever finds scary, so it will be worth the trip.
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    Image of WillisScuderi WillisScuderi
    10/05/09

    In reply to Paranormal Activity So Scarily Good, Everyone Can See It
    If "this year's Blair Witch" is the best that can be said for it, I'll pass. That was the most over-hyped piece of crap ever to grace the screen.
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    evildead1971 approved this comment WillisScuderi was starred WillisScuderi was unstarred
    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    10/05/09

    @WillisScuderi: my only complaint about the blair witch was when she's screams "what's that?" and the camera doesnt look over, not even for a second
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    Image of Presidentpez Presidentpez
    10/05/09

    In reply to Paranormal Activity So Scarily Good, Everyone Can See It
    I saw it in San Francisco Saturday night. It really lives up to the hype. The Blair Witch comparisons are fair, but Paranormal Activity does two things that Blair Witch did not accomplish.

    1.) it has likable lead actors, I didn't want bad things to happen to them.

    2.) We actually get to see some scary shit.
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    Image of smirkette smirkette
    10/05/09

    @Presidentpez: Where'd you see it in SF?
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    10/05/09

    @smirkette: Probably the Metreon. That seemed to be the only place playing it.
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    Image of AllOfUsAreLost. AllOfUsAreLost.
    10/05/09

    In reply to Paranormal Activity So Scarily Good, Everyone Can See It
    So is England gonna see some of this action, or is someone gonna have to Tea and Scones a bitch?
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    10/05/09

    @AllOfUsAreLost.: ....please?
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    10/05/09

    @AllOfUsAreLost.:

    Hearted. I absolutely lost it when I read your comment. Haha.
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    Image of linworthnewt linworthnewt
    08/07/09

    In reply to The G.I. Joe Remake You Really Wanted
    Wow...those were *way* better than the movie. At least there was a plot. I saw Rise of Cobra only because I love Chris Eccleston.
    I want my $11 back, so I can mail it to Chris with a note: 'Love your acting. Here's a few bucks so you can keep up the *good* work.'
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    08/08/09

    @linworthnewt: Seriously, you should do that. Stories like that radiate through the Hollywood community. It would make his day, and he could share the story with cronies over drinks after a long day on a sucky movie set.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    08/07/09

    In reply to The G.I. Joe Remake You Really Wanted
    Pretty entertaining for a Friday afternoon! I don't remember everyone having purple teeth though, and where were the blue and red lasers?
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    Image of disatess disatess
    08/07/09

    In reply to The G.I. Joe Remake You Really Wanted
    the movie in opinion was bland and bad ,but it had abetter plot than transformers.
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    Image of B B
    08/07/09

    In reply to The G.I. Joe Remake You Really Wanted
    If they really wanted to reenact the stories I told with my G.I Joes as a kid, they'd switch the heads and bodies around.
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    08/07/09

    @B: and then my sister's Barbies would make an appearance sans clothes.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    08/07/09

    @BullfightsOnAcid: And then daddy would make an appearence sans clothes :(
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    08/07/09

    @BullfightsOnAcid: Ahh, childhood.
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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    05/10/09

    In reply to Star Trek Boldly Resurrects Franchise
    I've been feeling embarrassed for not loving Star Trek quite as much as everyone else does. And I only just realized how WEIRD that is. And backwards, and awesome.


    I'm lying to my non-nerd friends about liking Star Trek *more* than I do. This is amazing. The world is upside-down.

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    Image of ElectroJones ElectroJones
    05/10/09

    In reply to Star Trek Boldly Resurrects Franchise
    People pissing about the lens flare and shaky camera are the new low geek form of life in my opinion. Get over it. You fecks are never happy with anything.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/10/09

    @ElectroJones: Or perhaps they have legitimate concerns regarding A) aesthetic style or B) motion and light sensitivity.


    I'm not going to see it in IMAX b/c of the shaky cam and lens flares. I'm prone to migraines and I'd like to enjoy a Star Trek movie experience without blinding headaches and vomiting, thanks very much.

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    Image of evilninjapinguin evilninjapinguin
    05/10/09

    In reply to Star Trek Boldly Resurrects Franchise
    I enjoyed it, neither too dumb like some of the TOS Episodes nor intellect pondering as... another (better) series.


    The thing I really liked about it: though they made the caracters "edgier", adding teenageangst and whatnot, they managed to make the Enterprise nicer and yet more realistic.

    Especially dug the Engineroom, it looked kinda like a sub´s (but why does a spaceship has a basement?) and made spacetraveling in the ST universe relateable.


    Also I see this movie as some kind of Natman Begins, as a retcon torn between being a good film with bad elements or being a stupid film with some extraordinary stuff thrown in.

    This movie will by future generations be called:

    Star Trek: The Exposition, while the Sequel´s name will be


    Star Trek 2: Where Something Other Than Introducing The Crew Happens


    Hopefully!

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    Image of His_Steveness His_Steveness
    05/10/09

    @evilninjapinguin: I wanna watch a movie called "Natman Begins".
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    05/10/09

    @His_Steveness: I'm dying to know what powers or gadgets Natman has.
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    Image of NotArthurPDragon NotArthurPDragon
    05/10/09

    In reply to Star Trek Boldly Resurrects Franchise
    While I'm sure this will do well, especially worldwide, Sorry, but while big openings are good, especially when they are at least half your budget, it doesn't mean profitability. The very rough rule of thumb is 3x your budget puts you in the black, which means this has got to pull $450M. HOWEVER, with the advent of home video many films that would have originally be considered failures get a second life. Movies like Hellboy and Lara Croft only got sequels because of their DVD performance. Superman Returns took $400M on DVD alone, matching its worldwide theatrical take, in case you were wondering why Warner Brother was still chasing that dream. And this may be ST's stumbling block because while it got my theatrical money, I won't be buying this.
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    Image of Presidentpez Presidentpez
    05/10/09

    @NotArthurPDragon: But you don't like anything, so what's the point?
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    Image of NotArthurPDragon NotArthurPDragon
    05/10/09

    @Presidentpez: I like lots of things, but praise isn't remembered as well as criticism.
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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    05/10/09

    @NotArthurPDragon: I'll believe it when I see it.
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    Image of B1663R B1663R
    05/10/09

    In reply to Star Trek Boldly Resurrects Franchise
    Star Trek KICKED ASS!!!


    i was, however not a fan of Sylar... he just didn't feel right as Spock. the rest of teh cast was spot on in every detail. one of my friends is hoping that paramount is seeing this as a wake up call to relaunch the franchise as a TV show with the movie cast.


    i tried to explain that its doubtful because Sylar is locked up in heros, but here is to hoping.


    as a die hard trecker, it was the best star trek movie ever. hat tip to JJ for a great job...


    the only negative is the amount of stupid lens flairs.

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    Image of Jason Pitzl-Waters Jason Pitzl-Waters
    05/10/09

    In reply to Star Trek Boldly Resurrects Franchise
    Time to start scripting the sequel!
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    Image of milesteg milesteg
    05/10/09

    @Jason Pitzl-Waters: "Time to start scripting the sequel!"


    Agreed. Let's hope the plot is a little more logical next time, and they actually make the bad guy sympathetic. One should not have to read a prequel comic book to fill in the gaps in the story.

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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    05/10/09

    @milesteg: The man lost his home world and most of his race. What has to happen to him to make him sympathetic?
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    Image of B B
    05/11/09

    @Theoutlet: Maybe if he didn't blame the guy trying to help or others who had nothing to do with the star going super-nova for what happened.
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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    05/11/09

    @B: Grief does terrible things to the best people. Maybe I'm just cynical but I find his reaction be very realistic.
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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    05/11/09

    @Theoutlet: "..but I found his reaction to be very realistic"
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    Image of anibundel anibundel
    05/10/09

    In reply to Star Trek Boldly Resurrects Franchise
    I feel like, with the way it ended, Abrams left himself total license to take this thing back to the small screen if he chose, and remake every TOS episode.

    AND I WOULD WATCH.
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    Image of jrghoull jrghoull
    05/10/09

    @anibundel: I completely agree


    not to get off topic but I think george lucas should have done the same with star wars. That is...the problem with doing these prequels is that you essentially know how it all ends. However, if something is thrown in (in star trek's case, time travel) which allows the story to remain essentially the same, but at the same time allows for a different outcome and even different events, then I think you have the perfect middle ground for telling (prequel) or even retelling (re making) a story.

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    Image of Presidentpez Presidentpez
    05/10/09

    @jrghoull: Lucas lost sight of what people loved about the series. I think The new Trek benefited from having a self professed non-fan directing it, and lots of hardcore fans around him. The problem with the prequels was there clearly no one around Lucas telling him that "That's not a good idea," or "people aren't going to get Jar Jar."
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    05/10/09

    @Presidentpez: That's exactly what I've been telling my friends for years.
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